Clifford Chance has advised the lead managers  CLSA India Limited  and  J. P. Morgan India Private Limited  on the approximately US$100 million Regulation S / Rule 144A qualified institutions placement of 25,000,000 equity shares at Rs.245 per share of Prestige Estates Projects Limited  ("Prestige").  Prestige is listed on the National Stock Exchange of India Limited and the Bombay Stock Exchange Limited.

Davis Polk advised Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC as joint book-running managers and representatives of the underwriters in connection with the $514.75 million SEC-registered secondary offering of 17,158,191 shares of common stock of Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. The shares include 2,158,191 shares sold by the selling stockholders from the full exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares. The common stock is listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “SFM.”  

Clifford Chance has advised the joint global coordinators, Credit Suisse (Singapore) Limited and DBS Bank Ltd., and Rabobank International as co-lead manager on the S$198 million (US$159 million) Singapore IPO of Japfa Ltd., an Asian agri-food company focusing on the production of staple protein foods.

Capital markets partner Johannes Juette said, "We were very pleased to assist on this successful IPO, in particular in difficult market conditions. While markets still remain cautious, it seems clear that there is demand for strong and growing South East Asian companies."

Ashurst has advised Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited, Jefferies International Limited and J.P. Morgan Securities plc as joint bookrunners (the "Joint Bookrunners") on a block trade placing of shares in FTSE 250 Imagination Technologies Group plc (the "Company") held by Intel Capital Corporation and Intel Capital (Cayman) Corporation (together, "Intel Capital").

Ashurst advised Barclays Bank PLC, Canaccord Genuity Limited and Parva Capital Limited as the underwriters and lead managers on the initial public offering of Intelligent Energy Holdings plc ("Intelligent Energy"), an energy technology company which has developed advanced hydrogen fuel cell technologies. Intelligent Energy was admitted to the London Stock Exchange's main market for listed securities on 9 July 2014.

Speechly Bircham partner Victoria Younghusband and trainee solicitor James Griffiths recently acted for India Capital Growth (ICG), an AIM traded Fund, on its bonus issue of 37,500,000 Subscription Shares on the basis of one Subscription Share for every two Ordinary Shares held on the record date.

Watson, Farley & Williams (“WFW”), has advised Hoegh LNG Partners LP, a Marshall Islands limited partnership (“HMLP”), on its recently completed IPO on the New York Stock Exchange. HMLP raised US$220.8 million in gross proceeds in the IPO, selling approximately 11 million common units at US$20 each.

Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented Royal Bank of Canada, as sole lead arranger and lender, and Bank of America, N.A. and SunTrust Bank, as lenders, in connection with the refinancing of The KEYW Corporation’s existing credit facility through a replacement $42.5 million senior secured revolving credit facility.  The KEYW Corporation, which provides cybersecurity and geospatial intelligence solutions to the U.S.

Herbert Smith Freehills has advised SpeedCast International Limited (SpeedCast) in relation to its initial public offering (IPO) and listing on the Australian Securities Exchange, which raised A$150 million. The IPO consisted of an institutional offer and broker firm offer.

A Weil team led by New York partner Matthew Bloch and senior associate Andrew Woodworth advised Morgan Stanley and J.P. Morgan, as lead underwriters, in the $3.25 billion senior notes offering, $900 million common stock offering and $1.5 billion offering of tangible equity units by Tyson Foods, Inc. (Tyson), a producer, distributor and marketer of chicken, beef, pork, prepared foods and related allied products.